TheMoniker Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) GhebFE: Episode 24: Chapter 21: Part 3: Accuracy vs. Evasion I still think it's weird the game is sending Mogalls at us. I also think it's shameful that they could potentially damage Glen. Oh yes, remember those seven-eight enemies we defeated last time? They came again. They come every other turn. It's the worst. It would be nice grinding, but nobody really needs levels at this point. While all the spider slaughter is happening, Colm begins work on the Myrrhs. These are ours now! And yes, Morva can use them. I wonder what he'll promote into? Phew, okay. We have once again cleared the map! Now, we can- OH, WELL NEVER MIND THEN Before you ask, Michael Jackson isn't the kind of boss we can kill quickly. We have to make sure everyone else is dead first. One more level... If we take her weapon first, she won't be able to fight back! These constant reinforcement waves force me to use desperate measures. Morva: I knew this day would come… Morva has a boss quote with his daughters! I'm just as surprised as you! Maybe this Myrrh is considered Riev by the game, and since Morva takes Myrrh's slot... Oh, a THIRD wave. Are you quite done? This is annoying. I want to show my viewers the epic boss fight! While I'm fighting, I take a look at the chance Gheb stands against the boss. It's... not very good. To say the least. Oh yes, and before the fight begins, I'd like to say, yes, I COULD have stolen his weapons and taken him out the easy way. But against such an amazing pop culture figure, that would be a loser strategy for losers that would disgrace his memory, so I won't do it. We're fighting him the hard way! I wasn't expecting that to work! But, we've successfully turned a dog to Stone. The other dog is defeated by a sudden critical. Good for you, Sonia. Don't do that to me if I ever play FE7 again. Sorry, Morva, this is the best way for you to train! A fourth wave. Woohoo. Sonia gets a level! It's horrible! Granted, she doesn't have too much to gain. Alright! We've taken all we can from these little girls, now to kill them! More mogalls? What are they going to do? Stare me into submission? Okay, all done! Now, it is time... What will Morva become? He morphs into... into... uh... ChaosMamkute! Yeah! Sure... This is it. The ultimate dragon class, capable of using the ChaosD.Stone, which boosts his HP a good deal, as you can see. Now, that should be everything! Okay everyone, it's time to fight Michael Jackson! Now, in GhebFE, the normal "tough boss" music plays, but really, I think this is more appropriate: Death by Glamour! So, believe it or not, this is what Denning looks like going up against this guy. He pretty much has the best odds on the entire team. Morva, our newly promoted unit... is totally worthless, despite the high damage. This guy's Avo is just TOO INSANE. We have absolutely no choice other than to see how the sniper fares, using the Finisher Bow. The hit chances just don't get any better than this! M.J.: This is wrong, babies. So wrong. M.J.: I’m powerless against him. So stand against me, and go destroy him. If you can beat me first, baby! If this is loving, can you hate me instead? THE EPIC BATTLE REPORT: THANK YOU, FINALLY Now's our chance! GO GLASS! IF YOU HIT, WE CAN FINISH HIM! *bonk* *bonk* *bonk* Quick, have Denning attack again! I don't like you! M. J. switches his style: Now he's using Nosferatu! The good news: This removes the MASSIVE stat buffs Thriller was giving him! We now have a slightly better chance to hit him! We'd better have Glass engage first... Oh, I forgot the bad news: FRIGGIN HEALTH REGENERATION All in all, this fight succesfully made Michael Jackson lose 1 HP. Now's our chance! GO, MORVA! And that's all 62 of his base HP back! And now he's back in Thriller style again. *sigh* BACK TO DENNING! Hit him once... come on, team! Agh! MORVA! YOU HAD BETTER HIT THIS TIME! NO! Back to Nosferatu! Come ON! Denning! IT'S ALL YOU! Once... TWICE! YES! YES! YEEEEESSSSSSSSSS! We did it! Michael Jackson is DEAD! DEAD, DEAD, DEAD! ... I feel so terrible... He only wanted to help us out... and yet the game forced us to brutally slaughter him so! And he was such a great musician, too... M.J.: Don’t worry about me. Kick that creep Gleb’s ass, babe! :C Somehow, this doesn't feel as satisfying as I was expecting. There's nothing more for us here. I might as well show the dialogue, since it's pretty short. Glass: More like a dump. L’arachel: It’s purty. Teehee! Gheb: You have terrible taste, whore. Glass: … Let’s not waste time. Let’s go! Morva? Oh, right, he needs to angst... Morva: Your death shall not be in vain. I’ll find a way to bring you back. With my dragonstones at hand, I’ll take down Gleb and restore our rightful places… Places we deserve! Morva: … coming. Morva: Trust me! Honestly, if we can kill Michael Jackson, we can pretty much do anything we set our minds to. Gleb's talking. No map sprite for us, though. Gleb: Oh… watching them writhe in pain, or the eyes that freeze when death strikes them instantly. both delightful sights. An art all by itself. Since when was any part of this about destiny? Gleb: Ahahaha! Gheb, come! I hunger! NEXT TIME: The final battle begins. Edited March 14, 2016 by TheMoniker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrman Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Moniker Sanity Index: Sour taste in mouth after slaying real-life celebrity. Release draws near. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousSpeed Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 The final battle approaches. I eagerly await disappointment, incrustation, regret, and liquor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomSwordmaster Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 The ending is near. Soon, we shall rejoice that this abomination is gone, and lie in disappointment at the last stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HF Makalov Fanboy Kai Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 i wonder how this final battle could go wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Exaccus Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) i wonder how this final battle could go wrong Knowing who is the final boss and his stats, I easily see where everything can blow up But I´m sure Moniker will find a way to defeat the boss, even if that way is throwing his PC through a window. Edited March 16, 2016 by The Exaccus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoniker Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 The final battle approaches. I eagerly await disappointment, incrustation, regret, and liquor. You'll be disappointed. This probably won't result in incrustation. Knowing who is the final boss and his stats, I easily see where everything can blow up But I´m sure Moniker will find a way to defeat the boss, even if that way is throwing his PC through a window. You aren't inspiring confidence, here. I haven't seen the boss yet, though, so we'll see. The ENDGAME PRELUDE! We begin with a flash to white! Which means... That's right! You know, FE8 used these in a meaningful and appropriate manner. Maybe this last flashback will be used for something meaningful too? Oh, never mind. This guy is in it. Gheb: great. Another flashback. Lyon? "Heh, do you ever realized that" Gleb original character do not steal Gleb: me and Lyon are aquaintances? Gheb: Zuh?! Gleb! What the fuck are you talking about? Gleb: Did he ever tell you? Gheb: … what?! Why do you keep increasing my anger?! You won’t like me when I’m angry!! Gleb: But aren’t you angry now? Gheb: Nah. Gheb: You’re the only one who’s gotten me this angry in a long time. But I will not waste it in words. I will fuck you up. From the rear. Gleb: Isn’t that redundant… Gleb: I want that! Not only do I want it. I want to be the only one! And I’ll take you down! And that Glass too! Hehehe… Hahaha! Gleb is hard to parse. His reason for being the evil oppositionary force seems to be "rule the world". There's no reason beyond that. Granted, I can't expect well-thought-out villains out of this hack. Gheb: We’ll see about that! Okay, we're back in the present. Who will our boss be? We don't have a Lyon equivalent around... Ephraim? But we KILLED him! Gheb: Still alive? Ephraim: … Alive again would be correct. Oh, right. Can't forget! Death is a Slap on the Wrist! For the enemy team, that is. Gheb: Don’t make me laugh, douche. Seriously. Ephraim: Fine. Words are a waste of time. Ephraim: We await you. The villians deliver one last dramatic line and warp away. Gheb's reaction? Gheb: Yeah right… ...Yeah. Special effects! ! Ephraim: Now look at me go. Guys, I've changed my mind. Ephraim is a good character. END DIALOGUE Okay! Crappy jokes aside! This is it! The last fight! We'll need to pick our team VERY CAREFULLY. And by "very carefully" I mean "take all the really strong dudes". We have our Obligatory Lords, Thief, UltraSniper, Dedicated Healer, Hard-Magic Hitter, Guy who Only Got On By Virtue of Being Better Than Everyone Else, Phantom Ultility, Tank, Backup Caster, All-Around Competent Unit, and Unstoppable Insane Juggernaut. Since it's been so long, I thought it would be a good idea to give you all a full map. Looks like we're in for a "fun" time. (Yes, I know there's a white line, I'm out of practice...) To begin, the generics are incredibly powerful at this point. Some of them are still rather overspecialized, though... for instance, if we can get a physical attacker on this guy he won't last too long. If you looked at the map up above, you probably noticed this: Not one but TWO Demon King Generics! They're... not actually that tough. However, there are some unique problems they pose, which will come to light when I play the chapter. The game provides us with a few last gifts. We need none of them, but they're there all the same. Oh, yes! Go back up to the picture. Count the bosses. How many are there? And who are they, you may ask? That's right. They brought them ALL back! And each boss is its own threat, too: Natasha charges forward to use her staves, so we'll be fighting her first. She's pretty ordinary other than that, though. Lute doesn't need to charge; she can Berserk us across the map just fine from where she is! Her stats aren't maxed, but her Ex-Forblaze (should've checked the description on that) makes her a very credible threat. Ephraim is our "main" boss-killing him will initiate the REAL boss fight! Eirika just there to aid Ephraim, really. She MIGHT move, but if you look at her stats, she isn't actually that huge of a deal. NEXT TIME: Insane Dragons, Summoning Shenanigans, and Desperation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousSpeed Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 No, he flipped you off. I should no, I actually made that mistake in terminology before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoniker Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 I've managed to squuueeeezzeeee the whole gameplay portion into ONE update! So, warning! LONG UPDATE INBOUND! GhebFE: Endgame: Pre-Gleb Fight: One Last Romp: Action numero uno: We begin our rampage with the Holy D.Stones we got last chapter! Did you know they massively boost defense AND are effective against monsters? I'm so glad I trained Morva now. Wait... Demon King Generic, what are you- HE'S SUMMONING MONSTERS THEY CAN STILL SUMMON MONSTERS OH NO They only do it once, but STILL. Well, I guess that's our encouragement to move fast! We have to push forward! Natasha starts her Berserk attacks. Thankfully, Denning dodges. It would be terrible to have him working against us! Morva is practically invincible! Just so long as I can keep him away from any magic-using enemies, he should be able to wreck the field all on his own. Oh, forgot about defense piercing enemies! Oops! But he DID crit in response, so that's nice! Annnnd he died to a Finisher Bow. I'd just like to remind you all how much I hate these. At the same time, MY Finisher Bows are so instrumental in defeating the insane bosses, I'm hesitant to say they should be removed entirely. I don't even think this was a crit. I just forgot to heal Batta. Kiwi lures out an enemy superdragon. I was worried about him for a bit, but he as usual proves himself the best. Oh, no, now someone's probably going to be sleeping! (It's Kiwi. Thankfully, the enemy is too stupid to move into position to hit more than one of our guys. No and no. We are good! You know the Demon King on the left side? Morva was in range! DIE! I think this pretty much sums up how FE8's normal final boss fell, actually. Morva has pretty much cleared out the left side, but we're having some serious enemy pileup problems on the right! We can't push forward until that's taken care of. You can do it, Gheb! Please, please don't disappoint me! YOU DISAPPOINTING RAPIST LOSER Fine. FINE. GLASS WILL COVER FOR YOU. LIKE ALWAYS. I was planning to make some joke about "CRUMBLE UNDER THE MIGHT OF-oh it missed", but it hit, so now Colm is in serious pain. I was also expecting him to do more than 5 damage with Gomorrae, so that's another mistake. Oh, Morva's berserked! That's okay! I have one Restore Staff user; L'arachel! She's... too far away to reach Morva... who is our strongest unit... that can fly... who will die if he charges towards the enemy... and will kill us if he charges towards us... Oh no... Oh no... NononononoNONONONONONONO OH, YES, NOW'S THE BEST TIME FOR FLOATING EYEBALLS Ah hah... hah... well, we'd better get L'arachel over to Morva before more people get berserked! You've gotta be kidding me. (Yes, Batta dies) L'arachel will use her Restore staff... that... she doesn't have... and is separated from Gheb. Okay. I really should've seen THAT coming. I know that this was only a stealable last time, and I appreciate that the game is giving us a backup, but I would really appreciate a MASTER seal for some last-minute T3. Thankfully, we didn't kill this Wight so he'll function as bait for Morva. We'll have to figure something out after that, though! Morva eats his dinner. Now, count the spaces from L'arachel to Morva. I'll give you a minute. Yeah. 1 out of range. I feel like there's something ironic about a Berserked unit attacking us getting stronger by gaining levels. There's probably a Ragefest hack to be made out of such a concept. With Lute AND Natasha pelting us, things REALLY aren't going well. At some point, Kiwi got poisoned, which is good for us-his Sleep is cured! Another turn's worth of bait inches towards Morva. I need to cure Gheb, so we'll have to hope it keep us! Denning hits his level cap. I want you all to study this image for a minute. Denning solo: 100% feasible. Well, 3 turns left! But there's no more bait! Oh, great. Of course. Okay, if we do nothing, Morva will attack the enemies on the right side. Sure, right side could use the help, but Natasha is more than capable of potentially one-shotting Kiwi's low resistance if she crits! We have to lure him over to use! Which, of course, means putting our units on the chopping block! Okay, this won't work. We'll just let Morva risk Natasha. I'm rooting for you, buddy! I'd like to give one last HUGE shout-out to Phantom. He's still being cool and helping me out, taking one or two attacks for me every turn. Why couldn't he be the hero instead of Gheb? Morva didn't even need to fight Natasha, because of FINISHER BOW F... F... F... FLOPBELLIES! PLAN C, D, OR WHATEVER AT THIS POINT: PRAY COLM DODGES Phew, Colm dodged on my first try, thanks to my brilliant tactician-ness and I totally predicted this would happen. Yeah, I know I'm great. We're totally great. We finally have room to cure Morva. We are good. And now, we have 3 units Berserked. And 1 unit capable of curing them. I really wish I had SA's smiley emoticons. I have a few choice ones for this situation. Did you know you can still access Supply if the lord is Berserk? It's true. Thankfully, I had an extra staff in there. That's the best I can do right now. The GOOD news is that the enemy has finally run out of Berserk! And will now likely switch to Purge, which might be even worse. Yaaaaaay. Phantom tanks Ewan (who decided to use legendary Bleach for overkill just 'cause), continuing to prove his value as "real best team member". Gheb lives up to his reputation as an invincible god. And it's SHOCKING. I'M PREPARED THIS TIME! EAT IT! EAT IT! This has me so incredibly tired and frustrated that I walk up and slay Natasha. You won't be missed. I guess you could probably say this is where the battle's "turning point" happened. From here on out, we're going to start WINNING! If anyone actually wondered about Lute's tome, HERE IT IS. Hoo boy! (Yes, that is 25 Wt. Yes, she has basically no speed. She's more of a Lyon archetype than Ephraim is!) Not this time! NOT THIS TIME! Another group of reinforcements! The last chest i-??? Is that the one Beta item? Yeah, I remember what this does! If anyone is curious, now seems like a good time to explain it. We just need to find someone worthy... (I think the chest text is interesting; it refers to it as "some" Juna fruit.) Glass recently hit level 20, he seems like a worthy fellow! Oh no! It's terrible! Well, not really. Not at all, in fact. See, the Juna fruit takes away your levels, but NOT your stats-meaning, with enough of this stuff, you could keep leveling a good ways after 20! Sort of like a much less powerful second seal, probably to be used in the Postgame. Unlike in Awakening, however, there is a "cap" on how many you can use-I think it was 8?-but either way, it's still interesting that we got one. But you know what would be better than 1 extra level? TWENTY EXTRA LEVELS WITH ANOTHER CHANCE TO T3. But nooooooo... Fast-forwarding while we move the group to the center... Re-activating footage when Kiwi tries to lure out Eirika... Oh crap! Eirika really does move! Kiwi resists, thankfully. How to approach this? We need to attack that central position and take Ephraim down! Eirika isn't a problem, but everything else is. Not even a full level! Come on! I was still worried about the Demon King summoning monsters, so I enacted two plans: 1: Selena takes him out from afar... 2: A group of elites moves in to lure out enemies on the right. Okay, maybe Batta isn't an "elite". More like "normal-ish". The big guy is down! Commence full bait-and-switch tactics! RAWR! In RAWRing, however, Morva crossed the invisible line that triggers infinite reinforcements. NO MORE HOLDING BACK! ALL CHARGE! Maybe I can kill Ephraim really fa-WHOAH, no! So, if you look back at my Prelude update, I MIGHT not have been giving Ephraim's stats as much credit as I should have been. This guy is a capital-P Problem here! Everything else is clear, but the infinite reinforcements mean we can't slowly surround this guy and then take him out. We have to do this as fast as possible! It reverses the weapon triangle too? Man! Didn't I have a chance to buy this in a shop myself at some point? I'm suddenly regretting not doing that. This seems like our best shot. I don't like using Denning as a crutch, but LET'S DO THIS! DENNING BROKE CHARACTER OH MAN Actually, the generic boss quote just happened to include the player's unit talking, something that didn't happen in normal FE, and me attacking with Denning was something the author didn't consider. But still... DENNING BROKE CHARACTER OH MAN Ephraim: Heh. Come at me with all you’ve got. Denning! THAT ISN'T ALL YOU HAVE! I was more worried about Lute than Ephraim, but now I see I had my priorities backwards. Trying to save your master? You think you can beat Morva? Let's try using Denning again! Yes! A hit! Come on, COME ON... NOOOOOO Morva! I PUT MY TRUST IN YOU! And also, if you fail, death is certain! Wait, what? Did we do it? Did we really win? Nothing terrible happened? It's over? Ephraim: Defeat him… NEXT TIME: Gleb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrman Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 All you need to do is kill Gleb, and then we can finally see how far you've fallen. Sanity seems to have taken a big blow, and some Stockholm Syndrome might have happened. You seem more tolerant of Gheb Emblem, anyways. Also, all hail Phantom! (I tried to leetspeak that last bit, but I don't think it would have looked well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyVoxel Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 That's kinda weird about the chest text... The Juna Fruit was only obtainable in Japan through an event I believe, so maybe NOA was planning some sort of event where that text would have made more sense in context? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousSpeed Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Actually, the generic boss quote just happened to include the player's unit talking, something that didn't happen in normal FE, and me attacking with Denning was something the author didn't consider. But still... DENNING BROKE CHARACTER OH MAN Nonsense! That was, uh...an error on the scribe's part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HF Makalov Fanboy Kai Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 the one time denning broke character he missed twice. obviously this is why he never says anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoniker Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 So! Due to massive image amounts, I'm going to try to do a bunch of updates in what hopefully appears to you guys as rapid succession. If this works, I think there should be a total of 3 updates. Here we go! All you need to do is kill Gleb, and then we can finally see how far you've fallen. Sanity seems to have taken a big blow, and some Stockholm Syndrome might have happened. You seem more tolerant of Gheb Emblem, anyways. Also, all hail Phantom! (I tried to leetspeak that last bit, but I don't think it would have looked well.) My sanity... I don't even know anymore. I think... I'm sort of okay? Maybe it's the calm before the storm, and one more thing could push me over the slippery slope? Nonsense! That was, uh...an error on the scribe's part! Wait, do you mean ME? Nonsense! I NEVER MAKE ERRORS! NEVER! pleasedon'tfindanypleasedon'tfindany Let's witness the end in... GhebFE: The Last Dialogue: Where we left off, Ephraim died and morphed into a Peer. Determination? Please, stop making me associate this game with Undertale. Ephraim: What is it that you have… Gheb: Huh? Look, boy… I’m Gheb. Gheb: but still all too easy for meh! Got that! *sigh* Gheb, I hope you realize that you would be dead so many times over without my help. Ephraim: I think it’s time I stayed dead… Ephraim then just sort of... walks out. He doesn't die, he just goes away. Huh? Gheb: What’s going on now? Well, Gheb, it appears the floor has turned black. Gleb: Hehehe… Is it really time? Is there really nothing left in our way? Special effects! NOW we're getting serious! It's... he's... ...A hero? Gheb: Glass! Look! Glass: I’m not blind fat ma! I see him. AIDs apparently has very high stats. Gheb: Eww! Fina-what? Uh... I don't know what portrait I was expecting for Gleb, but... it wasn't that! Gheb: Douche, you’re the one who’s dead. Glass: Peerless and schmexy, that’s what we are. That’s how we’re gonna take you down! It was all with my help, Gleb. They would've died in the Prologue without me. Gleb: No matter. I am invincible! Try me! Ahahaha! Enter our forces! Now, there's just one thing left... Gheb: You said something about him being weak to the dope. You brought some with you, right? L’arachel: Yesh, let me check. Aha! It’s glowing! Gheb: Pwnsome. What do we do with it? I have no comment. L’arachel: Teehee! Gheb: Gimme that! Everyone! In the name of manly and schmexy! This is almost inspiring! But everyone, don't forget: We're dealing with a fat rapist here!' Now, let's have our party chime in! Glass: We’re gonna win. Lyon: You… you did too much too me… now you’ll pay. You know, I could criticize the "Lyon was with Gleb" thing for being contrived and last-minute, but I feel like it would be pointless. Ewan: sh-shota… Morva: For peace… Colm: myself I ended up all the way here… I’m gonna be rich after this! Colm's text seems a bit glitchy. Selena: It’s been an honor serving you all. However quirky you might be. L’arachel: Teehee! Gheb: Let’s finish this! Gleb: That’s… Now, we'll stop Gleb! WITH THE POWER OF UNNAMED DRUGS! Gleb: No… that’s MJ’s stone! Crap… … Still… I’m too powerful for one stone to take my powers away… heheh… I mean, the Dope in question here might just be us using sleeping medication to make him drowsy. ??? Huh? ???: I think I’ll go with Karla. What exactly is happening here? ???: … ???: What are you looking at? I think it's safe to say any sort of dramatic atmosphere we had going is long gone now. OKAY! Now, this is it! Us Vs. Gleb! FINALLY, we can kill this loser who has caused us NO END of trouble! Let's look at his stats! OH. Oh crap! I was not expecting him to be QUITE this tough! Is he really going to use that 8 MOV against us? He can 1-2 short ANYONE on our party (plus garaunteed a double against all using standard weaponry), is quite possibly the only thing in the universe fatter than Gleb, and has extra BONUS abilities that this stat screen doesn't even show! This... is going to be quite the fight. NEXT TIME: Our Hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHairedFreak25 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Luckily for you, his HP is not any higher than that of Formortiis. Just like the FE7 Dragon, any Pierce skills and Luna tomes would be extremely effective here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomSwordmaster Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 only thing in the universe fatter than Gleb, fatter than Gleb, I sense scribe errors.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoniker Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Let's experience the power of raw BS in... GhebFE: The Finisher, in So Many Ways: Don't forget to put on some epic music! First off, on the off-chance that he actually moves, we have to stay FAR FAR FAR away from him! Ah hah... hah... I feel like crying... This is going to hurt, isn't it? This should be an appropriate distance. I hope you didn't think he couldn't summon monsters just because he wasn't a Fomortiis! We'll still have plenty of mooks to fight! I'm in no mood to hold back. I'm going to hope he doesn't move, and have everyone charge forward! Worth a shot. And on Enemy Phase, it turns out that Gleb DOESN'T move to attack! HE MOVES TO STEAL. I... I just... I don't... Maybe this can help??? No, Gleb is totally immune to status effects. Again, worth a shot! But... ... Okay. Let me explain this to all of you. Gleb has 128 HP. His stats are absolutely overpowering (no, I don't mean overpowered). In a straight fight, nobody stands an inkling of a chance against him. He's a final boss that: 1: Has the attack power necessary to kill anybody he wants, whenever he wants. 2: Has 45 Def/Res, meaning all but our strongest units might as well hang back and pick off mooks. 3: Has enough Avoid that it's absolutely impossible to consistently hit him-you'll be praying to the RNG that you'll be able to damage him. 4: We don't have enough Iron Runes for everyone, and this guy has sixty-seven critrate. Even if we could survive two attacks in a row, it would STILL be luck-based. 5: Can take one of your healing items at the start without you knowing because there is no indication to the player that he can steal, and can take more if you aren't careful. This also serves to keep him chasing you if you try to run away and handle the problem from a distance. In short? These factors all working together don't leave us with many options. Here's what we have: 1: Throw everything we have at him, and pray. It doesn't help that since he technically isn't a "monster" unit, legendary weapons don't become super-useful against him. We can barely hurt him, will suffer instant death with most of the units we can use, oh, and he has elixirs, which are certain to make me cry. 2: Wear down Lucifer with Phantoms. It only has 20 uses. It's doable, but we'd need to hold off monster summons and his steals while we did it. 3: Some other outside-the-box tactic, like using Mooving for the Mine Glitch or something like that. And... 4: DENNING 2 40's! AFTER ALL I'VE GIVEN YOU, YOU STUPID HACK, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR? He crits, and Denning is back in character again... As I said! RNG is NECESSARY for this fight! No, legendary weapons confirmed not effective. Seeing this makes me more determined to try again with Denning! I had a Phantom, but Gleb decides to summon more monsters! This included a Chaos Dragon. Come on, Denning! We can't do this without you! I BELIEVE IN YOU! This is a message from Lord Nergal... I await you... IN HELL. Phew... Sonia: You took Gleb down. L’arachel: YAAAAYYYY!!! For once... I agree with you, Gheb. All the way. If only because it means I won't be looking at you another second. Gheb: … This is so awesome. Glass: Well, what do we do now, fat man? Gheb: LOL. I don’t know. Yep, everything's better when you're asleep, Gheb. L’arachel: Teehee! That sounds about right. Sonia: Then off we go. Gleb: You haven’t-ugh… I hope I've seen the last of you! You guys better not make me play GhebSaga or whatever it was called! But, even if you do, I'm not doing that for a LONG time. I have better hacks I need to play. Kiwi: Arrange the necessary requirements to make his well-payed forces into an official force. Working for Gheb, of course. Aren’t you happy for Kiwi? At least… Kiwi is happy for Kiwi. Ephidel: Metal one… So that means we’ll be permanently united with these fools? Denning: This is a message from Lord Nergal. Kiwi: What the dummy said. Also, yes. Ephidel: Well… Pay him with raises? Doesn't that seem a bit paradoxical? Ephidel: We’ll keep talking business. Denning: This is a message from Lord Nergal. Hey, ladies I didn't use! Tethys: I’d say. Marisa: … I think I agree. Tethys: We should do this again sometime(PLEASE NO). Now that the war’s over, what are you girls gonna do? I agree. I so, so agree. Sadly, I'm only getting paid in recognition and bragging rights. Karla: I’m just gonna go to Jehanna. It’s supposed to be swordsman land there so… So everyone can get more drugs, yay. Tethys: I like performing. And hopefully with new partners. Marisa: …I uh… I think I’ll go with Karla. Karla: Hmm? Well, uh, okay? Marisa: … Karla: What are you looking at? Karla runs away so fast she leaves her speech bubble behind. It also appears we've found the source of the glitchy text. Karla: !! Marisa: Can I hug your boobs? Karla: Ugh! Annnnnnd it glitches again! Batta: That’s hot stuff… Gheb: And fix our schmexy HQ. We have a crapload of stuff to do, Haha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha. Ha. Ha... Ha... Ha... *sob* Amelia: I think so. Tana: Of course it was, schmexyness! Calleach: I must admit it was fun. Gheb: Now, let’s march you douches! Okay, I'd appreciate it if this would stop happening. Glen was okay, but Marcus certainly did not prove himself. Glass: get PWNed by my peerless skillz. Glen: …do you want me to say I’m sorry again? Glass: Hell no, I’m just sayen foo. Marcus: Nergal looked so different this time though. Glass: … Marcus… Marcus: Sorry, sorry, but I just can’t shake that Nergal feeling off me. Sheesh. Glass: Let’s just go. Gheb: That’s all folks! It seems we're done. That's really it. Credits/endings/the like coming shortly. EDIT: I sense scribe errors.... No, I meant that Gleb obviously was paradoxically fatter than himself, and did not mean to type an "h" where I typed an "l", how dare you question me? Okay, I WANTED very badly to finish today, but Imgur is refusing to cooperate so it seems we'll all have to wait. Sorry, guys. Edited March 23, 2016 by TheMoniker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyVoxel Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thank Naga for Finisher weapons! I really don't think there would have been any way to beat Gleb other than mass Phantom or friendly sacrifices. Hooray for the subsidation {subsiding?} of BS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousSpeed Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 He can 1-2 short ANYONE on our party I sense a scribe error (by which I was intending to mean an error on the part of the fictional scribe who we imagined wrote all this down, because he had the misfortune of being a historian in that universe). This is a message from Lord Nergal... I await you... IN HELL. Undoubtedly the best possible way Denning could have broken character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamanoir Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 No more pain Mo memories remain No you can play... ...Good hacks once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoniker Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I sense a scribe error (by which I was intending to mean an error on the part of the fictional scribe who we imagined wrote all this down, because he had the misfortune of being a historian in that universe). Ah. The fictional scribe makes lots of errors. You were right all along. (Please don't let pointing out all my typos become a thing...) Let's be done in... GhebFE: Epilogue: The End Now, for some cutscenes. You know what? I can take it. I can take any crappiness in them, if it means this hack ends. And no, we're not doing the Tower OR the Ruins. I'm closing the poll. Honestly, I'm kind of regretting making it so convoluted now, since it totally skewed the results. Overall, I'd estimate there's about a 50/50 split either way, and I don't think it's worth any further hits to my sanity. Back to the matter at hand! L’arachel: and the rest of the circus to fix what was broken between us. Teehee! But you all feel free to ask us for anything! You all hold a special place with us! That wasn't much dialogue! Don't worry, none of these will take long. Batta: I like the desert. Plus this is the craphole I came from anyway. And the queen really needs some loving. So, she did live, right? Our castle! I expected nothing less. (The text is actually correct, though displayed in a glitchy manner.) Kiwi(?): That would be most gratifying for Kiwi. Gheb: My epic home. Glass: Our epic kingdome. Yes, it's better one woman makes the sacrifice than have Gheb defile every woman around the world. BUT WHO? Gheb: Lyon holds a special place in my hart. But I need a queen. He’ll understand. Glass: Eh, I don’t care about that. I’m gonna get myself some well deserved women. The ones you pick are not bad, but there are some that are just special. So you won’t see me around here for a while. I’ll probably be at Grado. Gheb: So you’ll leave little ol’me here all alone then, huh? No matter. I’m not your keeper. Don’t be a stranger, asshole. Glass: Same, fat turd. And thus, it ends! Now, let's look at the names of the people who made this game! What!? Satoru Iwata? Tohru Narihiro? Hitoshi Yamagami? KENJI IMAI?!? How DARE these people put their names on this! (Not really, of course. Let's skip to the end of the credits) Wow, look at all these cool CGs that didn't happen. I think Nintendo/IS would make an exception for this hack. They don't want it. This is Lyon talking. I think he said "remember how I was the villain in the first game"? But of course, the game decided now was the time for a text skip. N: loves me as much as Gheb does. Please, please just shut up. Hmmm, I wonder what- oh yeah! REQUIEM! These are probably amazing turncounts. With any luck, every single person who played GhebFE was even worse than I am, and LTCers haven't bothered with this, and I've set some sort of World Record! Okay! We're done! Oh? What's that? Aren't we FORGETTING SOMETHING? That's right! It's UNIT TIME! Tana, the Pegasus Kn. who joined early and didn't get used. Maybe she would've turned into something, but she couldn't survive in the axe-filled hell that was earlygame GhebFE. Remember when Caellach was our savior/crutch character and we always needed him? Man, that was so long ago... In the earlygame, we needed a lot of healing, and Moulder was the natural candidate for such healing. Because of that, he pulled ahead early on, and became an extremely reliable character in the midgame. Towards the endgame, he kind of just stopped being great, sadly. Vanessa never proved her usefulness! Presumably, she would've been better than Tana, but I decided it was better to wait for Glen. Or something like that, I forget my reasoning. Cormag and Riev both dropped out of my team later on, for good reasons. Cormag didn't really specialize in anything-he just wasn't good, and was hurt by a lack of promotion item availability. Riev was so overspecialized he wouldn't have survived the later chapters (11 speed? 7 Defense? No magic/skill stat is worth that), so he got dropped as well. Colm started as just a thief, but later on become a great combat unit. His crazy luck and speed meant he could dodge everything while still hitting really hard. Unlike Riev, Selena had the redeeming qualities necessary to make up for low defense/HP-namely, very good speed. She never got to be a dodgetank like Colm, but when we needed someone to hit hard and double, she was there. I think I originally planned to make something out of Novala, until I saw Ewan. Looking back... what was I THINKING? Batta was very strong, an HP-tank, and hit very hard. Sort of like a second Gheb, but a bit better. He never really excelled, sadly. Ah yes, Ewan, mr "80% in every stat". He joined in earlygame, carried me through midgame, and remained useful in endgame. If only I had put him in a class that could promote to T3, then who knows what he could have accomplished? Glen was mostly useful for flier utility, he could cover a lot of areas at once. At the same time, he was never a bad combat unit. He helped hold out against GhebFE's insane enemies. Marcus might have been a better Cormag, but we'll never know. Kiwi was a very standard general, and good enough at it to fit his role. Despite his story importance, he wasn't particularly remarkable, but he was always useful. (I thought he got the money from trees?) Denning, the true ultimate master MVP. Thank you, Denning, for everything you did for us. You opportunistically slayed so many bosses, helped against so many mooks, dodged so many attacks... if all units were like you, the game would have been a cakewalk. Then again, it might just be his T3-ness talking. But still. I had Glen, and so didn't consider Valter. Plus, he's Valter, I wouldn't want to have used him anyway. Didn't someone say McCartner had a promotion? I forget. Either way, he was a bard and that's pretty much all he was. Duessel, you caused me such an unbelievable amount of trouble on the failed mistake that was my attempt at Glass's route. I hate you. Go die somewhere. Lyon was our Summoner of Bait, and in that, he excelled. His low defense meant I could never deploy him as an actual combatant, though. He chipped in when necessary, but otherwise eternally stayed back. Either way, he helped. (The Prostitute of Light???) I feel like L'Arachel could have been another Denning if I had been able to get her to T3 and get her some more defense. Alas, she was so needed for healing I never got to use her for much combat, though when she did have to fight she was always good at it. Karla was overspecialized. Level 2 swordsmaster with 28 HP? No thanks. Who knows what kind of unit she would have made. I never tested her out on the field much. Marisa came so incredibly underleveled, I didn't even consider using her. Looking back, she might have been made into something much stronger than Karla. Had Ewan, didn't need. Morva joined very late, and thanks to the abundant dragonstones, proved himself competent at slaughtering mooks. For some reason, though, every boss we fought brought him to his knees. Glass, unlike a certain other lord, proved himself competent once I trained him. He wasn't made of Glass after all, it seems. Amelia was actually a good unit, but she was held back by her poor strength cap and never got a chance to shine. Still, she was dependable, and with us throughout the entire game. Gheb... ugh, I don't even want to talk about it. Remember how there were tons of extra characters? They don't get endings, but here they are anyways. Gerik; he tagged along but was never that great. His deployment slot could've been better used elsewhere, I bet. Sonia, your everyday endgame crutch character. I appreciate GhebFE giving her to us, even if it did in-universe cost us MJ. Allegedly, his growths were Ewan-like, but I didn't see them. Everyone start imaging AU scenarios where I used him. Renault, the Orson who DIDN'T defect. He helped in 5x, but after that, I decided I didn't want any more crutch characters. Ai-Ke. He might have been good, but all I really remember is his glitchy appearance in the chapter where we attacked Jehanna. Fargus. Strong, and that's about it. Batta's there for comparison. They're more equal than I was expecting. No comment. I should've switched Riev out for him when I had the chance. Ah well. At least we don't have to deal with his badly-written butt anymore. I don't even know why she's here. She's probably 1000x better than Vanessa or Tana, but she joined so late on non-Glass's route that my team was too set-in-stone to train her up. And that's it. We've finally made it through... Finally... Wait, what? You think something's missing? Gheb and Amelia's ending text? Oh yeah! Forgot to post that! Let's take a look! This... This... I... I just... Moniker's sanity has dropped by TOO MANY points! Moniker's sanity has been destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrman Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 (edited) Well, that ending pushed you off the edge! *dials mental asylum* Hello, I have a Moniker that needs to be held in your building... GhebFE's last words finished him off after the start started the slippery slope of his insanity... What were the scribe's final thoughts? *stares at scroll* "Hack... terrible... Ghebs... everywhere... FE16... mite bee ghebfe seequl..." I think the scribe lost it too. Edited March 24, 2016 by Darrman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHairedFreak25 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Ohhhh, Monikerrrrrr~ YOU WILL NEVER ESCAPE HIS SCHMEXYNESS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyVoxel Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Stay determined, Moniker! You're finally free! I'd love to see you do the tower and ruins, but there's a reason I'm doing a run of my own. If anyone's interested I could chronicle those at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousSpeed Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I can't think of a more appropriate ending. Probably because I don't care to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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